Package: debhelper
Version: 8.0.0
Severity: minor
User: [email protected]
Usertags: origin-ubuntu ubuntu-patch natty
Hi
dh_gencontrol's documentation correctly explains "--" params are passed
to dpkg-gencontrol but mentions -u params are passed to dpkg-deb
instead of dpkg-gencontrol.
debdiff attached
Bye
--
Loïc Minier
--- debhelper-8.0.0/debian/changelog 2010-08-07 17:36:54.000000000 +0200
+++ debhelper-8.0.1/debian/changelog 2010-12-10 12:29:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+debhelper (8.0.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * dh_gencontrol: -u arguments are passed to dpkg-gencontrol, not dpkg-deb.
+
+ -- Loïc Minier <[email protected]> Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:28:39 +0100
+
debhelper (8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
[ Carsten Hey ]
--- debhelper-8.0.0/dh_gencontrol 2010-06-24 02:35:34.000000000 +0200
+++ debhelper-8.0.1/dh_gencontrol 2010-12-10 12:28:36.000000000 +0100
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
=item B<-u>I<params>, B<--dpkg-gencontrol-params>=I<params>
-This is another way to pass I<params> to L<dpkg-deb(1)>.
+This is another way to pass I<params> to L<dpkg-gencontrol(1)>.
It is deprecated; use B<--> instead.
=back
